Ghost instabilities in self-interacting vector fields: The problem with proca fields

K Clough, T Helfer, H Witek, E Berti - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
Massive vector fields feature in several areas of particle physics, eg, as carriers of weak
interactions, dark matter candidates, or an effective description of photons in a plasma. Here …

I-Love-Q relations in neutron stars and their applications to astrophysics,<? format?> gravitational waves, and fundamental physics

K Yagi, N Yunes - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2013 - APS
The exterior gravitational field of a slowly rotating neutron star can be characterized by its
multipole moments, the first few being the neutron star mass, moment of inertia, and …

Spin-induced dynamical scalarization, descalarization, and stealthness in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity during a black hole coalescence

M Elley, HO Silva, H Witek, N Yunes - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Particular couplings between a scalar field and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant lead to
spontaneous scalarization of black holes. Here, we continue our work on simulating this …

xTras: A field-theory inspired xAct package for mathematica

T Nutma - Computer Physics Communications, 2014 - Elsevier
We present the tensor computer algebra package xTras, which provides functions and
methods frequently needed when doing (classical) field theory. Amongst others, it can …

Gravitational two-loop counterterm is asymptotically safe

H Gies, B Knorr, S Lippoldt, F Saueressig - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
Weinberg's asymptotic safety scenario provides an elegant mechanism to construct a
quantum theory of gravity within the framework of quantum field theory based on a non …

Quasinormal modes and their excitation beyond general relativity

HO Silva, G Tambalo, K Glampedakis, K Yagi… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The response of black holes to small perturbations is known to be partially described by a
superposition of quasinormal modes. Despite their importance to enable strong-field tests of …

Computer algebra in gravity research

MAH MacCallum - Living reviews in relativity, 2018 - Springer
The complicated nature of calculations in general relativity was one of the driving forces in
the early development of computer algebra (CA). CA has become widely used in gravity …

From a locality-principle for new physics to image features of regular spinning black holes with disks

A Eichhorn, A Held - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Current observations present unprecedented opportunities to probe the true nature of black
holes, which must harbor new physics beyond General Relativity to provide singularity-free …

An effective formalism for testing extensions to General Relativity with gravitational waves

S Endlich, V Gorbenko, J Huang, L Senatore - Journal of High Energy …, 2017 - Springer
A bstract The recent direct observation of gravitational waves (GW) from merging black holes
opens up the possibility of exploring the theory of gravity in the strong regime at an …

xPert: computer algebra for metric perturbation theory

D Brizuela, JM Martin-Garcia… - General Relativity and …, 2009 - Springer
We present the tensor computer algebra package xPert for fast construction and
manipulation of the equations of metric perturbation theory, around arbitrary backgrounds. It …